Senior Cost Engineer – Energy

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🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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Turner & Townsend

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10,000+ employees

🏗️ Construction

💼 Consulting

🏠 Real Estate

Construction • Consulting • Real Estate

Turner & Townsend is a global consultancy business that serves clients in the real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors. With a commitment to building trust between clients, suppliers, governments, and society, they focus on delivering better outcomes that positively impact the world. Their specialities include programme strategy and setup, programme management, cost and commercial management, project management, procurement, safety, health and quality, controls and performance, technology and data, and advisory services. With 75 years of experience, Turner & Townsend aims to transform performance for a greener, more inclusive, and productive world.

📋 Description

• Act as the key day-to-day client interface • Deliver value-added cost management services for large-scale capital construction programs • Support renewable energy, transmission, industrial, and infrastructure projects • Negotiate change orders throughout the construction lifecycle • Develop and present cost plans, estimates, and project forecasts • Review and support cost estimates with design and construction teams • Reconcile project changes and validate contractor cost information • Coordinate stakeholders to prepare cost reports and estimate updates • Review contractor submissions and prepare commercial recommendations • Coordinate cost data from contractors, suppliers, consultants, and design teams • Provide commercial guidance based on cost impacts and project priorities • Resolve project and commercial issues with minimal supervision • Perform cost checks, valuations, and cost validation on complex projects • Manage change control, contingency, commitment tracking, and cost variance reporting • Prepare funding presentations and support value engineering initiatives • Develop and maintain cost plans throughout design and construction • Review contractor and subcontractor pricing and support commercial negotiations • Perform quantity surveying, cost controls, and change management activities • Manage cost audits, benchmarking, forecasting, and monthly reporting • Support final account negotiations and project closeout activities • Maintain benchmarking databases and historical cost records • Mentor junior team members and support team development • Support commission financial management, forecasting, and reporting • Implement company systems, procedures, and delivery best practices • Promote a collaborative culture and high standard of client service • Adhere to applicable SOX control responsibilities

🎯 Requirements

• 5-7+ years of experience in cost engineering, cost management, estimating, or project controls on major capital projects • Experience leading cost management activities on medium to large-scale construction projects • Experience supporting renewable energy, transmission, utility, infrastructure, industrial, or other large capital programs • Construction consultancy experience strongly preferred • Strong knowledge of estimating, forecasting, change management, cost control, and project controls • Experience developing and reviewing budgets, forecasts, cash flows, contingencies, and cost reports • Good understanding of procurement strategies, value management, and value engineering • Experience with SAP preferred • Experience with EcoSys preferred • Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Cost Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or a related field • RICS accreditation, or progress toward accreditation, preferred • Excellent communication, analytical, and stakeholder management skills • Experience supporting multi-site programs or geographically dispersed projects preferred • Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team • Client-facing experience and strong communication skills

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible working environment • Work-life balance support • Opportunity to affect change • Equal opportunity and inclusive workplace • Confidential handling of information • Flexible working arrangements